A Week In . . . Paradise

Well, as much as I would love to say that I followed the menu plan to the letter and had no slips that would be a unabashed "No!"

There were three days I couldn't get myself to workout. Three, one with a  migraine and one was a recovery day.  Right now life is like a whirlwind and though I am loving every moment (as much as in my ability to do so), I feel like I over-planned my workout.  I am sticking with the MuTu workouts and guess what?! I am beginning to develop abs, even my  husband noticed.  My saddle bags  are still there, but significantly smaller.

One thing that helped me was listening to the bit that I filmed. I did the sounds separately hoping to get better sound with my new microphone (it didn't work too well).  In the bit that I filmed, I went back over my motivations. Turns out if you have your motivations repeated over to you as you're listening to music, it helps. Who knew?! Ha!

Another thing I think that helped me was giving myself a 10-15% mistake treat area.  I'm not perfect and putting on a facade of perfection really makes me feel overwhelmed and unable.  But I am able and I refuse to kick myself over that pretzel (the soft kind) that I ate yesterday.  I am still trying to stick to the meals I planned.



Sometimes it helps to me to have a reward program in place. So I am thinking of what I want/need.
One of my goals with my family is to teach them to love and serve others.  Where I live there are many homeless people. I am planning on enlisting the help of my kidlets and making mini-blessing bags.  It is pretty wet where I live, so I was thinking of adding socks, a tiny bit of cash, a pack of gum, a granola bar, and maybe one other thing that all fit into a sandwich bag.  That is my reward for this week.

During the week I was able to go to Sephora and get some make-up products that I really wanted.  That was nice.  But, as it turns out my regime was slightly improved, but not to the extent that I wanted.  Ha!  As in all things in my life, baby steps are an appropriate term for this.   I am grateful!  My daughter, K, even got a mini-makeover (some lipstick) and tried several eye shadows all over her face.

I love my life!